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312 Palestinians killed by Israel in 2018

Palestinians protesters carry the injured after Israeli forces fired tear gas at protesters during the Great March of Return [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]

January 2, 2019 at 8:56 pm

Israeli army forces killed 312 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip last year, according to a Palestinian NGO on Wednesday, reports Anadolu Agency.

A total of 53 children and three women were among those killed by the Israeli army in 2018, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s Abdullah Hourani Center for Studies and Documentation said in a statement.

According to the NGO, 262 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip and 50 others in Israel-occupied West Bank.

“The number of Palestinian killed has increased by 200 per cent in 2018, compared to a year earlier,” the Center said, adding that 31,000 Palestinians were injured in the Gaza Strip and 500 others in the West Bank by Israeli army fire.

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